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Regardless of how you feel about guns and their current role in our society, you can't deny there IS a gun violence problem in the United States, and that we should be doing SOMETHING, anything, that could potentially help prevent another Sandy Hook massacre.

It's been a month since Sandy Hook Elementary suffered their horrific tragedy, which left 20 kids and six adults dead… and to pay a tribute to the fallen angels, the students recorded Judy Garland's Somewhere Over The Rainbow.

Former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is planning on privately visiting those families who lost loved ones during the unspeakably horrific Sandy Hook Elementary shootings that took place on Dec 14th.

Gabrielle is no stranger to terrible gun-inflicted violence, as she survived a gunshot wound to the head when a man opened fire in a Tucson shopping center two years ago.

Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly recently spoke out in favor of gun control, with Mike stating

The LAPD's honorable gun buyback program, which generally occurs in May, was moved to TODAY (December 26th) in response to the tragic Sandy Hook elementary school shootings which took place December 14th.

The program urges gun owners to bring their weapons to one of two approved locations — the Van Nuys Masonic Temple and Los Angeles Sports Arena — where they can anonymously exchange their guns for grocery store gift cards.

A participant in the gun buyback program can get $100 for pistols, shotguns and rifles, and $200 for assault weapons.

According to the LAPD, this program has collected over 8,000 guns since its inception in 2009!

If only we could turn this small effort of getting guns off of the streets into a nationwide initiative!